Mom’s Absolute Best Boneless Beef Stew Meat Recipe

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For the ultimate fall or winter comfort food, discover this nostalgic and old fashioned hearty beef stew made with carrots, potatoes and onions. Best simmered slowly over a Sunday afternoon, this boneless beef stew meat recipe will fill the house with joy. Serve with fresh baked crusty bread–we tried THIS recipe for rosemary skillet bread

What’s so special about this boneless beef stew meat recipe?

• The best broth you will ever taste. The combination of Worcestershire sauce, butter (of course), garlic, onions and salt and pepper brings out the richness of the stew meat and perfectly combines with the carrots and potatoes without being too thick.
• Hearty, filling, and healthy. This boneless beef stew meat recipe is real food at its finest with fresh and simple ingredients.
• Easy and simple. Although this takes time to simmer to bring the meat to ultimate tenderness, there are very few ingredients and they are very basic.

What gives this stew its remarkably rich flavor?

The rich broth is created by browning the meat in butter and simmering with onions, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and salt and pepper. This combination creates a very flavorful beef stew that will make the house house smell like warmth and comfort. Slow cooking creates the ultimate tender beef which elevates this simple recipe from basic to mouth-watering. It is a one pot meal that will delight the whole family, even your most picky eaters.

This was a family favorite when I was growing up, and was the number one meal I always requested for my birthday….even as an adult. It seems fitting to feature this delicious meal for all the warm fuzzy nostalgic memories that I have around this stew slowly simmering on a cold fall day. It’s so good, and it just makes any ordinary day feel better.

This easy flavorful beef stew produces a delicious simple meal in just a few hours, most of which is just simmering the meat to a perfect tenderness in your dutch oven. Add the veggies and simmer a little longer, and you have a hearty meal that everyone will be lining up to eat!

All the ingredients you need:

• Boneless beef stew meat
• Worcestershire sauce
• Garlic
• Onion
• Bay leaf
• Salt
• Pepper
• Carrots
• Potatoes

Make the beef base

Using a large dutch oven on the stovetop, brown the beef in 2 TBS of butter. Coarsely chop the onions into small slices and add them to the dutch oven with garlic, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and salt and pepper. Simmer on low heat for 2 hrs for tenderness. Your house will now smell fantastic.

I just love my antique dutch oven! The spikes inside the lid pop any bubbles and keep it from overflowing!!

Adding vegetables

Chop potatoes into 1-inch cubes and add to the beef base. Peel carrots and chop into bite size chunks, about 1/2 inch thick and 1 inch long. Add these to the beef base as well. Increase heat to medium and cook until vegetables are tender, about 30 min.

Enjoy!

Ladle this into your favorite chunky soup bowl (here’s my absolute favorite potter for all my best soup bowls!! https://curatedceramics.com/willem-gebben/) Serve fresh and hot off the stove. It makes fantastic leftovers but you may need to add a bit more liquid the next day as the potatoes soak it up. Salt and pepper to taste after. I like it with more liquid like a soup, but it can be made very thick like a traditional stew also. It’s purely preference.

My favorite thing with stews and soups, and ESPECIALLY this rich hearty boneless beef stew meat recipe, is a vehicle for dunking fresh hot crusty bread with butter!!! This is great with a hot ciabatta loaf or this great easy skillet bread! https://bakerbettie.com/easy-no-knead-skillet-bread/

Looking for an old fashioned dessert to go with this? Try making pie with Grandma’s Very Best Butter Pie Crust! https://myoldkitchen.com/index.php/2023/11/22/butter-pie-crust/